Our next Christian Service activity, the Giving Tree Project, will roll out next weekend with small Christmas trees and gift tags for suggested gifts to the organizations we support each year. We will also have the Wish Lists on our St. Clare website. Our gifts support local warming centers, senior centers and social service agencies assisting our most needy.

To respond in faith to the challenges we face and to take the necessary steps to better equip our parish communities for the mission outlined in Unleash the Gospel, the Archdiocese is dividing all parishes into groups called “Families of Parishes” creating a new structure and leadership...